Drake Fm

Drake Fm is a formation of the Dunlin Gp on the Norwegian shelf. 355 wellbores have a top filed in it, at a median of 3,281 m along the wellbore, and 62 were cored in it for 698.8 m of core.

355: wellbores with a top
3,281: m median top · 2,238 to 4,498 for the middle 80%
62: wellbores cored in it
698.8: m of core

SODIR FACTPAGES · DEPTHS ALONG THE WELLBORE · NORTH SEA 354 · NORWEGIAN SEA 1

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62 WELLBORES · BY METRES CORED IN THE UNIT

Wellbore	Core here, m	Operator	Entered	Core samples available
30/6-30	47.5	Faroe Petroleum Norge AS	Oct 19, 2018	Yes
31/4-7	44	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Jul 26, 1984	Yes
30/6-16	36.6	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Nov 9, 1984	Yes
30/6-1	28.3	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Jun 18, 1979	Yes
30/11-10	27.5	Statoil Petroleum AS	Nov 1, 2014	Yes
30/9-15	26.9	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Dec 7, 1993	Yes
30/6-7	26.4	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	May 20, 1982	Yes
30/3-4	22.8	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Feb 5, 1985	Yes
30/9-14	22.1	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Mar 16, 1993	Yes
33/9-3	20.9	Mobil Exploration Norway INC	Sep 15, 1974	Yes
33/12-4	20.1	Mobil Exploration Norway INC	May 17, 1975	Yes
25/5-1	19.9	Elf Petroleum Norge AS	May 12, 1987	Yes
30/6-17 R	18.2	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Nov 14, 1985	Yes
31/1-2 S	18	Equinor Energy AS	Dec 12, 2020	Yes
34/7-12	16.1	Saga Petroleum ASA	Oct 11, 1987	Yes
30/6-10	15.5	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Oct 4, 1982	Yes
35/10-10 S	15	Wellesley Petroleum AS	Apr 4, 2023	Yes
35/9-2	14	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Jan 1, 1991	Yes
33/9-9	13.8	Mobil Exploration Norway INC	Jul 27, 1977	Yes
30/9-12	13.7	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Apr 7, 1991	Yes
33/9-13 S	13.3	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Oct 14, 1987	Yes
30/6-14	13.2	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Dec 17, 1983	Yes
25/6-1	13.1	Saga Petroleum ASA	Dec 18, 1985	Yes
30/6-22	12.4	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	May 21, 1988	Yes
34/10-32	11.5	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Apr 8, 1987	Yes
34/10-33	11.4	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Sep 25, 1988	Yes
30/9-19	11.3	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Sep 9, 1998	Yes
35/11-18 A	9.8	Wintershall Norge AS	Sep 27, 2015	Yes
30/9-2	9.8	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Apr 1, 1983	Yes
34/10-54 S	9.6	Statoil Petroleum AS	Sep 2, 2013	Yes
29/9-1	9.1	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Sep 23, 1983	Yes
30/9-9	8.9	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Sep 26, 1989	Yes
34/10-35	8.5	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Feb 5, 1992	Yes
34/7-5	8.3	Saga Petroleum ASA	Jan 17, 1985	Yes
30/3-7 B	7.7	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	May 20, 1998	Yes
30/6-17 A	7.2	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Feb 4, 1986	Yes
35/9-6 S	6.8	RWE Dea Norge AS	Sep 29, 2010	Yes
30/6-4	6.7	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Feb 17, 1981	Yes
30/3-1 R	6.4	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Feb 1, 1982	Yes
34/8-8	6	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Jun 30, 1992	Yes
34/10-1	5.1	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Jun 20, 1978	Yes
33/9-12	4.9	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Jun 19, 1987	Yes
30/6-9	4.2	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Aug 28, 1982	Yes
30/6-6	4	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Jan 9, 1982	Yes
35/10-7 S	3.1	Equinor Energy AS	Nov 2, 2021	Yes
34/8-10 S	3	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Sep 28, 1993	Yes
30/2-3	3	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Jun 11, 1992	Yes
31/1-3 S	2	Equinor Energy AS	Dec 1, 2022	Yes
30/9-1	1.8	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Oct 24, 1982	Yes
35/10-1	1.7	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Aug 1, 1991	Yes
30/3-2 R	1.7	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Sep 2, 1980	Yes
34/7-19	1.4	Saga Petroleum ASA	Sep 24, 1991	Yes
30/6-13	1.3	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Mar 11, 1983	Yes
30/2-1	1	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	May 17, 1982	Yes
30/6-2	0.8	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Sep 24, 1979	Yes
34/10-30	0.8	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Jan 16, 1986	Yes
30/2-2	0.5	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Dec 19, 1984	Yes
34/8-5	0.4	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Feb 18, 1991	Yes
34/4-16 S	0.3	Neptune Energy Norge AS	Feb 27, 2021	Yes
34/10-15	0	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Oct 16, 1982	Yes
30/6-23	0	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Apr 29, 1990	Yes
6201/11-2	0	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Jan 11, 1991	Yes

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Latest wellbores to meet it

BY ENTRY DATE

Wellbore	Top, m	Base, m	Operator	Field	Entered
35/10-14 S	4,695	4,828	Equinor Energy AS	—	Sep 8, 2024
35/11-29 S	3,544	3,561	Wellesley Petroleum AS	—	May 9, 2024
30/12-3 S	3,683	3,696	Aker BP ASA	—	Oct 24, 2023
35/10-10 A	4,391	4,407	Wellesley Petroleum AS	—	Jun 13, 2023
35/10-10 A	3,291	3,383	Wellesley Petroleum AS	—	Jun 13, 2023
30/11-15	3,770	4,264	Aker BP ASA	—	Jun 4, 2023
30/6-C-2 A	5,232	5,416	Equinor Energy AS	Oseberg	May 19, 2023
31/2-23 S	2,275	2,367	Equinor Energy AS	—	May 9, 2023
31/2-24	2,538	2,588	Equinor Energy AS	—	May 7, 2023
35/10-10 S	3,922	3,937	Wellesley Petroleum AS	—	Apr 4, 2023
34/6-6 S	3,707	3,846	Equinor Energy AS	—	Feb 3, 2023
31/1-3 A	3,780	3,831	Equinor Energy AS	—	Jan 12, 2023
31/1-3 S	3,315	3,416	Equinor Energy AS	—	Dec 1, 2022
30/3-11 S	4,653	4,658	Equinor Energy AS	—	Jun 21, 2022
30/3-11 S	4,612	4,642	Equinor Energy AS	—	Jun 21, 2022
31/4-A-13 C	7,225	7,426	Wintershall Dea Norge AS	—	Jun 10, 2022
35/4-3	4,427	4,614	Aker BP ASA	—	Apr 8, 2022
34/4-18 S	2,818	2,855	Equinor Energy AS	—	Feb 11, 2022
35/10-7 A	3,561	3,584	Equinor Energy AS	—	Dec 12, 2021
35/10-7 S	3,464.3	3,489	Equinor Energy AS	—	Nov 2, 2021
33/6-5 S	3,479	3,515	Neptune Energy Norge AS	—	Aug 26, 2021
31/11-1 S	2,827	2,898	Equinor Energy AS	—	Apr 20, 2021
34/6-5 S	3,529	3,654	Equinor Energy AS	—	Mar 18, 2021
34/4-16 S	3,553	3,603	Neptune Energy Norge AS	—	Feb 27, 2021
31/1-2 A	3,761	3,859	Equinor Energy AS	—	Jan 13, 2021
31/1-2 S	3,364	3,446	Equinor Energy AS	—	Dec 12, 2020
34/4-15 A	3,801.7	3,844	Neptune Energy Norge AS	—	Jul 16, 2020
34/4-15 S	3,523.2	3,570	Neptune Energy Norge AS	—	Jun 18, 2020
30/2-5 S	4,370	4,390	Equinor Energy AS	—	May 13, 2020
31/5-7	2,510	2,638	Northern Lights JV DA	—	Dec 2, 2019
35/11-23	2,894	2,910.5	Equinor Energy AS	Fram	Oct 6, 2019
32/4-3 S	1,669	1,746	Equinor Energy AS	—	Sep 23, 2019
35/11-22 S	3,417	3,495	Equinor Energy AS	—	Dec 12, 2018
30/6-30	3,447	3,493	Faroe Petroleum Norge AS	—	Oct 19, 2018
35/11-21 A	2,874	2,896.7	Wellesley Petroleum AS	—	Sep 6, 2018
35/10-4 S	3,834	3,845	Equinor Energy AS	—	Aug 14, 2018
34/8-19 S	3,199	3,671	Equinor Energy AS	—	Jun 12, 2018
34/8-19 S	5,472	5,582	Equinor Energy AS	—	Jun 12, 2018
34/8-19 S	5,672	5,738	Equinor Energy AS	—	Jun 12, 2018
34/8-19 S	3,943	3,986	Equinor Energy AS	—	Jun 12, 2018
34/5-2 S	3,499	3,588	A/S Norske Shell	—	May 31, 2018
34/10-55 S	7,214.2	7,223.3	Statoil Petroleum AS	Gimle	Feb 8, 2017
34/11-6 S	7,105	7,126	Statoil Petroleum AS	Valemon	Nov 1, 2016
25/2-18 C	4,301	4,369	Aker BP ASA	Hugin Satellitter	Oct 31, 2016
25/2-18 A	4,049	4,066	Det norske oljeselskap ASA	Hugin Satellitter	Sep 11, 2016
35/11-20 B	4,862	4,900	Wintershall Norge AS	—	Aug 7, 2016
25/2-18 S	3,783	3,887	Det norske oljeselskap ASA	Hugin Satellitter	Aug 6, 2016
30/11-14 B	4,147	4,187	Statoil Petroleum AS	Munin	Jul 6, 2016
30/11-14	3,420	3,467	Statoil Petroleum AS	Munin	Jun 7, 2016
31/7-1	2,449	2,598	Faroe Petroleum Norge AS	Bestla	May 23, 2016

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Description

WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE

Name Named by Deegan and Scull (1977) who gave it "sub-unit" status.

Well type section UK well 211/29-3 (Shell) from 2829 m to 2887 m, coord N 61°08'06", E 01°43'36.5" (Fig 3.10).

Well reference sections Norwegian wells 33/9-1 (Mobil) from 2668 m to 2715 m, coord N 61°15'07.5", E 01°50'25.8" (Fig 3.11). 30/6-7 (Norsk Hydro) from 2786 m to 2975 m, coord N 60°38' 39.49'', E 02°45'21.74" (Fig 3.12). 31/2-1 (Shell) from 1985 m to 2093 m, coord N

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About this data

Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sodir) FactPages, mirrored nightly and used under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD). Tops and cored lengths are the Directorate's, per wellbore and unit; the percentiles are computed from those tops and are depths along the wellbore, not true vertical depth.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/norway/formations/drake-fm, documented in the API reference.